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From: jordan@ucbvax.ARPA (Jordan Hayes)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: XP1... (joe_film)
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Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 19:49:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 28 19:49:07 1985
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In article <482@tymix.UUCP> kanner@tymix.UUCP (Herb Kanner) writes:
>First, please accept my apology for the flame.  It is the second time I
>have done it this year, and each time I regretted it.  The trouble is, that
>when we try to keep our submissions short we sometimes give misimpressions.

No prob. I can understand it, and a friend of mine told me once before
he died to never be afraid to piss someone off. Excuse my french.

Pan F with neofin blue, eh? wonderful combination, but, alas, such a pain...

Herb, I have nothing to say about your experience with different films.
This conversation should never have taken place. Alas, it has, so
we should conclude it. I gave XP1 another shot (5 rolls, what the heck...)
and found that I *could* get pleasing results out of it, if I really
tried to maximize the finer points of the film. I guess its just
second nature how to coax performance out of tri-x, so I'm lazy...

>I too use Nikons.  Have a Nikkormat, an FM-2, an old Rollei 35S, a Minox
>GT, and a few weeks ago got wildly extravagant and bought a Contax T.  Most
>beloved lenses are Vivitar Series 1 70 to 210 and 28 to 90.

I have a Nikkormat as well, but it got beat up a little. I also have an
FM-2 as well as a mint-condition F-2as (no, I *won't* tell you
where I live... I already have had ~$4000 worth of Nikon stuff ripped
off through 2 muggings and a car break-in... I'm NOT giving up this
beautie..)

EEK! Vivitar lenses? tsk tsk... new fave of mine is a 300mm ED-IF f/4.5
--- feels like butter in my hands... too bad it wasn't as cheap as
a half pound of oleo...

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